Attorney Track Record

Belinda Lazzara

Attorney · Mediator · Guardian Ad Litem

Lazzara Family Law·Board Certified — Marital and Family Law

VeteranHigh volumeVery activeHandles complex

#12 of 143 — Most Experienced#47 of 108 — Highest Settlement Rate#6 of 143 — Most Active

Track Record

Objective counts from Pinellas County dissolution-of-marriage court records, 2020–2026. Em dashes mean the value is not available in public records.

Pinellas Cases331Dissolutions of record, Pinellas Clerk — all years

Active Last 12 Months23Cases filed in the last year

Years Licensed27Florida Bar

Final Judgments105Cases ending with a signed final judgment

Dismissed6Cases closed without a final judgment

Settlement Rate45.7%See caveat below — not a win rate

With Children87Cases involving custody and timesharing

Expert-Witness Cases70Cases with experts in the docket

Hearings—Docketed hearings across cases

Motions / Case3.1Average filings per case

Hillsborough Cases413th Circuit dissolutions of record, all years — secondary circuit

Settlement rate: Share of final judgments with a settlement agreement in the docket. Dismissals are not counted as settlements, and most private settlements never appear in dockets.

Judge Experience

Appearances before each Pinellas County judge, from case assignments in court records

Steve D. Berlin44 cases
Jack Helinger34 cases
Elizabeth Jack29 cases
Rebecca Hamilton14 cases
David R. Ellis13 cases
Frederick L. Pollack13 cases
Brian Gnage12 cases
Benjamin Thomas12 cases
Cynthia J. Newton7 cases
William H. Burgess III4 cases

+ 10 more judges with 18 additional appearances

Background

·Project corpus identifies American University law/MBA and University of Florida undergraduate background
·current firm page confirms Florida admission in 1999
·Founder of Lazzara Family Law
·long-time litigator, mediator, and GAL Board certified in marital and family law
·Fellow, Florida Bar Foundation.

J.D., American University Washington College of Law

·Chair
·FL Bar Marital & Family Law Certification Committee (2023–24)
·Guardian ad Litem
·6th Circuit
·Special Magistrate
·Pinellas Value Adjustment Board
·Fellow
·Florida Bar Foundation
·6th Circuit GAL since 1999
·Family Law Section Executive Council
·Former Chair Marital & Family Law Certification Committee
·Former Community Law Program trustee
·Former Florida Bar YLD Board of Governors member
·gal

200 Pinellas cases 2020-2026. 25 currently open, 31 reopened, 142 closed. Top 3 judges: Steve D. Berlin (44x), Jack Helinger (34x), Elizabeth Jack (29x).